Radeon RX 470 Overview

Radeon RX 470
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Jun 2016
Radeon RX 470

Core Configuration

GPU Ellesmere
Architecture AMD_GCN_1_3
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 2048 : 128 : 32
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 4940.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 4096 Mb
Memory Bus Width 256 bit
Memory Speed 1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 211.20 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce RTX 4090
    813%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
    726%
  • GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB
    691%
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT
    642%
  • GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
    578%
  • GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
    574%
  • Radeon RX 6950 XT
    566%
  • GeForce RTX 3090
    546%
  • Radeon RX 6900 XT
    498%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
    489%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    486%
  • GeForce RTX 4070
    478%
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    465%
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    455%
  • Radeon RX 6800
    413%
  • GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
    387%
  • Radeon RX 6750 XT
    383%
  • GeForce RTX 3070
    354%
  • Radeon RX 6700 XT
    335%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
    333%
  • GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
    332%
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    322%
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Super
    299%
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    278%
  • Radeon RX 6650 XT
    275%
  • Geforce GTX TITAN Xp
    268%
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    267%
  • Radeon VII
    262%
  • Radeon RX 7600
    262%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    261%
  • GeForce RTX 3060
    253%
  • Radeon RX 6600 XT
    253%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    245%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    236%
  • GeForce RTX 2070
    231%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    231%
  • Radeon RX 6600
    207%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    206%
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    194%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    191%
  • Radeon RX 5600 XT
    190%
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    181%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    179%
  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    163%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    157%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
    155%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    151%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    145%
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    138%
  • Radeon RX 590
    136%
  • Radeon RX 5500 XT
    135%
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
    132%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    124%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    123%
  • Radeon RX 580
    122%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    112%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    111%
  • Radeon RX 480
    111%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    110%
  • Radeon RX 570
    109%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    109%
  • Radeon RX 6400
    104%
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    101%
  • Radeon RX 470
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    92%
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    87%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    72%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    64%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon RX 470 is a graphics card released by AMD on 29 Jun 2016. The graphics card houses the Ellesmere die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_3 architecture which packs 5,700 million transistors on a 14 nm, 232 mm2 die.

Radeon RX 470 pros and cons

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports TrueAudio
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

Radeon RX 470Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce GTX 1650Radeon RX 570GeForce GTX 1060
Radeon RX 470Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce GTX 1650Radeon RX 570GeForce GTX 1060
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Shader units2048102489620481280
ROPs3232323248
Graphics processorEllesmereNavi 24TU107EllesmereGP106
Process size14 nm6 nm12 nm14 nm16 nm
Memory4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR6 (2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective)
4096 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)
4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)
6144 Mb GDDR5 (2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective)
Memory bus width256 bit64 bit128 bit256 bit192 bit
Memory bandwidth211.20 Gb/s144.00 Gb/s128.00 Gb/s211.20 Gb/s192.20 Gb/s
Release date29 Jun 201619 Jan 202230 Apr 20191 Apr 201710 Jul 2016

Benchmarks

Hitman III

  • Radeon RX 570
    29
  • Radeon RX 470
    26

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 570
    15
  • Radeon RX 470
    14

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    64
  • Radeon RX 570
    52
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    52
  • Radeon RX 470
    48
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    40
  • Radeon RX 570
    34
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    34
  • Radeon RX 470
    31
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    27

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 570
    17
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    17
  • Radeon RX 470
    15

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • Radeon RX 570
    47
  • Radeon RX 470
    44
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • Radeon RX 570
    32
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    31
  • Radeon RX 470
    30
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    13

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • GeForce GTX 1060
    19
  • Radeon RX 570
    15
  • Radeon RX 470
    13

FPS (higher is better)